Five Finger Shoes for Boxing
I workout in a boxing gym. During boxing, we normally go barefoot or wear very thin soled boxing shoes. Look at the boxing shoes below.
I didn’t want to buy boxing shoes so I was going barefoot for months. Barefoot was not very good for boxing because of a few things. First, the mat got slippery once your sweat dripped all over it, this was very dangerous. Not to mention the gross feeling of stepping on other people’s sweat with bare feet. You couldn’t wear normal shoes because then you lose the feel of the ground.
Also, I sucked at jumping rope. We used these plastic jump ropes and whenever I missed a jump, the rope would hit my big toe and hurt like hell! Jumping rope was the worst part of boxing for me. My five finger shoes provided all the protection on the front of my toes needed. They saved me from alot of pain from many missed jumps. So if you box, give them a try!
